Beauty Mark

I have this mole.

It's a beauty mark actually.

It is near my right eye.

I'm not sure if you have noticed.

I don't mind it so much. It is one of those signature imperfections that adds to my quirky cuteness, (when I don't look gross.) It is to me, as Jewel's snaggle tooth is to her, or Tina Fey's scar.

I think.

I haven't always had this mole, beauty mark, I mean. It is not in any baby pictures. Pictures of my childhood are a little grainy and I can't tell for sure.

It would make sense if it came about sometime during adolescence; hormones pinging off every cell in my body.

I'm not sure what to do about it, though. I don't mind it and it minds its own business. But I wonder if it will turn on me some day, kill me even. I admire it suspiciously from the corner of my eye.

Waiting.

It is just there.

I'm not sure if you have noticed.